No working out for a month! I have the Goleta Beach Olympic Tri 7/29 and a Sprint Tri set for the week after. Then I have three months to train specifically for my Half Ironman here in Kending, Taiwan. My fitness at this point is good enough to where as long as I get some swims in (with a bag over my foot) I should be ok on race day this summer.
Okay, so for a few years I've had plantar warts. I've been very careful not to spread them (wearing shoes in the house ALL the time) and had cryotherapy multiple times in California. At that time, I was insured through work, and even with my Blue Cross insurance it was $120 per visit. Terrible! I ended up spending (with my parents help) more than $1,000 to no avail.
Doing all this running, cycling, and swimming has helped me to realize how important it is to finally get rid of these things. My Taiwan National Insurance doesn't kick in until July, which would mean that any sort of treatment or operation would only cost me the entrance fee into the hospital (about $3 USD). I decided that with my upcoming training schedule (1 Olympic, 1 Sprint, 1 Half Ironman) I should just get it done now.
I called the hospital at 4pm Wednesday night, set an appointment for two hours later, and saw the doctor at 6:30. That would never happen back home. She asked if I wanted to do the operation the next day. Sure!? I went in Thursday at 3:30pm and got it done. Without insurance the whole ordeal cost me about $280 USD. Amazingly cheap. They have to remove it in two procedures. They did the lower one and the two below my small toes. The next procedure, set for 6/6 is for the big one.
The pictures below are of my feet. Don't look if you have a weak stomach. I warned you!
Before
After
Before
After
The whole shot. That big purple oval is set for 6/6.